Lynn Becker
@lynnbbooks.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
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It was so much fun finishing up final details for our #book #event tomorrow. Planning an event with @andreaywang.bsky.social is the best! We hope you will join us at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social TOMORROW! I mean, did you see those awesome cookies Andrea ordered. You need to eat one! 🤩
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It was so much fun finishing up final details for our #book #event tomorrow. Planning an event with @andreaywang.bsky.social is the best! We hope you will join us at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social TOMORROW! I mean, did you see those awesome cookies Andrea ordered. You need to eat one! 🤩
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Pleased to post a one question interview with @zombicatures.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade #graphicnovel @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
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Interview with Stan Yan: The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang
Beth's Biblio includes recipes, picture book reviews and information for parents, teachers and librarians.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Pleased to post a one question interview with @zombicatures.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade #graphicnovel @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
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Today on the blog: October’s Book of the Month is AGGIE AND THE GHOST, by Matthew Forsythe lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Today on the blog: October’s Book of the Month is AGGIE AND THE GHOST, by Matthew Forsythe lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
Today on the blog: October Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Today on the blog: October Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
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I am so happy to be able to share the wonderful cover, by artist Matt Rockefeller, for my forthcoming book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, coming out from Holiday House Books for Young People in March. Available for preorder now! #kidlit @holiday-house.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I am so happy to be able to share the wonderful cover, by artist Matt Rockefeller, for my forthcoming book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, coming out from Holiday House Books for Young People in March. Available for preorder now! #kidlit @holiday-house.bsky.social
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#ReVISIONweek Day Five is up! Learn the Magic of Musicality with @shannonstocker.bsky.social
Today's writing goals:
1. Begin revising back matter with musicality and kid-sensibility in mind.
2. Read and review mentor texts.
3. Take a walk.
What are your goals?
#kidlit #kidlitart #WritingCommunity
Today's writing goals:
1. Begin revising back matter with musicality and kid-sensibility in mind.
2. Read and review mentor texts.
3. Take a walk.
What are your goals?
#kidlit #kidlitart #WritingCommunity
October 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#ReVISIONweek Day Five is up! Learn the Magic of Musicality with @shannonstocker.bsky.social
Today's writing goals:
1. Begin revising back matter with musicality and kid-sensibility in mind.
2. Read and review mentor texts.
3. Take a walk.
What are your goals?
#kidlit #kidlitart #WritingCommunity
Today's writing goals:
1. Begin revising back matter with musicality and kid-sensibility in mind.
2. Read and review mentor texts.
3. Take a walk.
What are your goals?
#kidlit #kidlitart #WritingCommunity
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What a fabulous opportunity! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
Trick or Treat with Agent Ashlee MacCallum! HUGE Submission Opportunity Inside!
Hi, readers, writers, and querying creators of all kinds! Today is #SeasonsOfKidLit’s last day of our 2025 Trick-or-Treat Event, and we’re closing it out in an extremely BIG way! We’re thrilled to wel...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
What a fabulous opportunity! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Moonleapers, Margaret Peterson Haddix's suspenseful series opener featuring 12-year-old Maisie who experiences a life-changing summer in which she learns how to take apart and reknit time. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Moonleapers, Margaret Peterson Haddix's suspenseful series opener featuring 12-year-old Maisie who experiences a life-changing summer in which she learns how to take apart and reknit time. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Spy in the Museum, a gripping picture book about how Rose Valland spied on Nazis as they stole, sold, and burned masterpieces from her Paris museum during World War II. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
October 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Spy in the Museum, a gripping picture book about how Rose Valland spied on Nazis as they stole, sold, and burned masterpieces from her Paris museum during World War II. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Broken, yet another winning picture book by author/illustrator X. Fang, which describes a passionate, child-centered experience that includes boredom, crisis, redemption, and... cake! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
October 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Broken, yet another winning picture book by author/illustrator X. Fang, which describes a passionate, child-centered experience that includes boredom, crisis, redemption, and... cake! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
Today on the blog: Late Again, September Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/sept...
October 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today on the blog: Late Again, September Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/sept...
Ahoy, mateys! I’m grateful to @coloradoauthors.bsky.social for sharing this post about Monsters in the Briny today!!
What do you do with a grumpy kraken, a sickly sea serpent, and a tearful gigantic tortoise? You sing them a tune, of course! "Love this one, so much fun to read."
#childrensbooks #picturebook #booksky
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#childrensbooks #picturebook #booksky
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Monsters in the Briny
Amazon.com: Monsters in the Briny: 9781534111493: Becker, Lynn, Brundage, Scott: Books
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September 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ahoy, mateys! I’m grateful to @coloradoauthors.bsky.social for sharing this post about Monsters in the Briny today!!
Today on the blog: Guest post with Lisa Rogers, author of Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows! Please stop by! @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
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September 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Today on the blog: Guest post with Lisa Rogers, author of Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows! Please stop by! @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social
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Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Blue Velvet Chair, a poetic rumination on the world outside young child’s window, from the familiar comfort of a favorite chair. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
September 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Blue Velvet Chair, a poetic rumination on the world outside young child’s window, from the familiar comfort of a favorite chair. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Squirrel and Bird, in which an increasingly irritated Bird is frustrated by the story’s narrator typecasting them and their friend Squirrel. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
September 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Squirrel and Bird, in which an increasingly irritated Bird is frustrated by the story’s narrator typecasting them and their friend Squirrel. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
Today on the blog: the deceptively simple, sweetly creative board book YOUR FOREST, by Jon Klassen. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu...
August 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Today on the blog: the deceptively simple, sweetly creative board book YOUR FOREST, by Jon Klassen. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu...
Today on the blog: Six Picture Books for August! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu... @karenjameson15.bsky.social @ishaalobo.bsky.social @lourdesheuer.com @maxwelleaton.bsky.social @jashar.bsky.social @elizakinkz.bsky.social @barneysaltzberg.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
August 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of YA Immortal Consequences, in which six competitive souls stuck in purgatory become “unfortunate acquaintances” as they investigate corrosive shadow magic in their school. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/shel...
August 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of YA Immortal Consequences, in which six competitive souls stuck in purgatory become “unfortunate acquaintances” as they investigate corrosive shadow magic in their school. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/shel...
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Love this!
“If you could only choose one word to describe what you learned in the last period, what would it be?” Make your students reflect—and then expand on that reflection just a little—with a closing activity called One Word, One Sentence. 💬
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
#assessment #EduSky #60SecondStrategies
August 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Love this!
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Check out this great article!
5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...
5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...
5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety
If your students are hesitant to speak up, you can try these ideas to help them find the confidence they need to engage fully.
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March 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Check out this great article!
5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...
5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...
Wonderful news, Julie!
The paperback edition of my 25 yr old book just hit #5 on Amazon. What a gift this book has been for me...providing so many opportunities and experiences. Thank you teachers!
Check out my website for lesson plan ideas. juliedanneberg.com/for-teachers/
Check out my website for lesson plan ideas. juliedanneberg.com/for-teachers/
August 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Wonderful news, Julie!
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We are a few days late in celebrating National Moon Day. These two beautiful books are perfect for today's new moon! Aliana Reaches for the Moon by the talented @ljrwritenow.bsky.social and June Moon by the talented @lynnbbooks.bsky.social
#STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION
❤️📚🍀⭐🌜
#STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION
❤️📚🍀⭐🌜
July 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
We are a few days late in celebrating National Moon Day. These two beautiful books are perfect for today's new moon! Aliana Reaches for the Moon by the talented @ljrwritenow.bsky.social and June Moon by the talented @lynnbbooks.bsky.social
#STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION
❤️📚🍀⭐🌜
#STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION
❤️📚🍀⭐🌜
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Happy International Friendship Day! Check out these beautiful friendship books by our talented members @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jilldanabooks.bsky.social @judithvaldesb.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social @alicebianchini.bsky.social
❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship
❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship
July 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Happy International Friendship Day! Check out these beautiful friendship books by our talented members @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jilldanabooks.bsky.social @judithvaldesb.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social @alicebianchini.bsky.social
❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship
❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship